We thought you would like to know that UWM Student Association’s Independent Election Commissioner, Dan Bahr, is trying to trample your constitutional rights of free speech and free press. Rest assured we will not stand for it.

On April 18th, Commissioner Bahr ordered the removal of two of your campus media sources, the UWM Post and UWM PantherVision, from the polling zones in the UWM Union and Sandburg Hall. Both buildings are public places where the public’s business was being conducted, and his action was in direct violation of the Free Press and Free Speech Rights this country holds so dear.

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During Clinton’s presidency many conspiratorial ideas floated about. The Oklahoma City bombing was an inside job, Vince Foster’s suicide was a cover-up, and so forth. Clinton and the New World Order were always the conspirators responsible.

Then Bush came in and Sept. 11 happened, and an odd change took place. The left entered the insane asylum just as the right was leaving it.

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May 1 is International Workers’ Day, the day when workers around the world take to the streets in solidarity, demonstrating their defiance to class society. As Lenin wrote, “Marxism cannot be reconciled with nationalism, be it even of the ‘most just,’ ‘purest,’ most refined and civilized brand. In place of all forms of nationalism Marxism advances internationalism.”

This May Day marks the 40th anniversary of the May uprising in France, the first post-war revolution in the Western world.

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On April 17 and 18, the 2008-2009 Student Association elections were held amidst great controversy. Students United For Change (SUFC) was the only party on the ballot, which was the result of numerous election violations by Achieving Student Action through Progress (ASAP). While ASAP waged a negative campaign and lost as a result, it is SUFC’s opinion that the elections process should be reformed.

ASAP was docked numerous points for early campaigning this year. To restrict campaigning until one week before elections is an oversight in the bylaws. We believe that political parties should not have to adhere to these stringent rules and that reform is necessary.

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When traveling, one of the biggest expenses is staying somewhere to catch some zzz’s. For most people this is the budget killer. But you can stay at a relatively safe place on the cheap. What I recommend is Hostelling International, or HI for short. (http://www.hihostels.com) These hostels are located all over Europe as well as the world, and usually for the hostel to get the HI accreditation certain standards have to be meet. While some hostels are nicer than others, they offer a bed and a small continental breakfast ranging anywhere between 20 to 40 plus dollars per night.

If you would like to have your own room or a room with another person prices go up. When I was backpacking by myself, I always went with the cheapest option, which meant that I would be in a room with several other girls. This was a great way to meet new people, get their travel experience and possibly see the sights with them. In Rome, the HI hostel had gym size rooms. So I was in a room with about 30 other girls. This can have its disadvantages, but in this case I met some really nice Australians. We spent the week together exploring all the cracks and crevasses of Rome.

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In a society that commits mass murder on a whim, for no reason other than economic interests, the dominant culture that permeates throughout that society would be expected to be void of moral content. As the people in this society remain ignorant or apathetic to the atrocities for which they are responsible, the culture mocks compassion and modesty while praising greed and egotism.

With the nuclear warfare threatening the destruction of all life on this planet if it ever occurs, the narrow-minded and compassionless individuals in our world lead us all straight toward ultimate destruction. Their lack of introspection, along with their concern only for themselves and their own well-being, is the reason why we have global policies that are unsustainable, irrational and barbaric.

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Letters to the Editor

Last week was Earth Day. As I understand it this is a day set aside to step back and take a look at what we're doing to our planet and its environment (we should be doing this every day anyway); so I find it ironic that the powers that be choose this day to turn on the fountain by the library. Now, getting that amount of water that high in the air takes some kind of energy generated by a source that adds to our environmental problems…and for what? To add to the aesthetic quality of campus life? Isn't Earth day a time to stop and re-assess our gratuitous squandering of finite resources. Once again I see phony lip service being paid to an issue that should concern us all.

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